Prime Cattle (under 30 mos)

Winners of the May Prime Show cattle classes were Mesrs AA&E Critchley&Son from Hutton with an exceptional pen of cattle. Their champion a 515kg Limousin cross heifer made 292.5p/kg or £1506 when selling to GJ Cropper of Baxenden. Critchely also sold a 535kg Charolais cross heifer for the days second highest p/kg price of 275.5p/kg or £1474 to Da Gregory and Son of Bacup. The reserve champion was a Limousin cross steer weighing 630kg shown by Simon Bennett of Silsden Moor which sold to Keelham Farm Shop for 237.5p/kg or £1496.

Prize awards

Steers    1. S Bennett                         2. J Drake              3. AA&E Critchley&Son

Heifers   1. AA&E Critchley&Son      2. JM Townsend   3. J Drake

Steers

465-555kg                                             to 255.5p/kg

560kg+                                                   to 254.5p/kg        av. 245.69p/kg

Heifers

400-480kg                                             to 137.5p/kg

485kg+                                                   to 292.5p/kg        av. 241.10p/kg

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

Steers

£ per head: SD Bennett (Limx) 1496, JA Drake (BBx) 1489, AA&E Critchley&Son (Limx) 1265

p/kg: AA&E Critchley&Son (Limx) 255.5, JA Drake (BBx) 254.5, SD Bennett (Limx) 237.5

Heifers

£ per head: CD&RF Kitching (BBx) 1527,(Limx) 1422, AA&E Critchley&Son (Limx) 1506,(Charx) 1474, (BBx) 1428

p/kg: AA&E Critchley&Son (Limx) 292.5,(Charx) 275.5, (BBx) 264.5, JM Townsend (BBx) 269.5, JA Drake (BBx) 258.5

Prime Cattle (over 30 mos)

Overall Average                   122.70p/kg                           av. 776.06

Top Prices £ per head and p/kg

£ per head: JD Taylor&Son (B&W Hfr) 888, AS&EA Jeanes (B&W Hfr) 784,764,669

p/kg: JD Taylor&Son (B&W Hfr) 131.5, AS&EA Jeanes (B&W Hfr) 121.5,119.5,117.5

Overall Average                                   105.49p/kg           £676.48

Bank Holiday always sees a slightly depleted ringside but customers present for the lean and feeding cattle. The sample of dairies was on the lean side and the beef crosses not assured but a small show of cast cows met a good trade. Usual attendance of buyers anticipated at next week’s sale.

Black & White                      to 92.5p/kg                           av. 80.30p/kg

Parth                                      to 125.5p/kg

Longhorn                               to 128.5 p/kg                      

Prime Sheep

A tremendously busy sheep day at Skipton on Bank Holiday Monday with Prime Sheep maintaining entry levels and trade for all classes and a huge show of breeding sheep attracting a busy ringside.
Spring Lambs were keenly contested with additional buyers in the market and lambs well bid for, still mainly inside fed lambs in the entry and some vendors getting towards the end of their runs, but some fresh sorts finding very good favour at 350p to 380p, best at 442p from Neil Tattersall, these were for the champion pair, as chosen by judge Nick Dalby, and purchased by Brosters Farmshop.

Meated Old Season Lambs and heavies were a fair trade all sale long, good sorts either side of £3, and adding up to £140 to £160 in the lump, topping at £168 each for Suffolks from A Gill & Son of Knaresborough. A few vendors finishing their seasons off today, but lightweights were in strong demand so long as they are well fleshed, anything lean is discounted.

Ewes continue to be a strong trade with best Mules into 3 figures, and good hill types ewes £80-£90.

Spring Lamb Show – Judge Nick Dalby

Pairs –

1^st & Champion PA&NS Tattersall 38kg £168 Brosters Farm Shop

2^nd PA&NS Tattersall 39kg £150 GJ Cropper

3^rd ML Evans 47kg £154 N Dalby

Single –

1^st & Reserve PA&NS Tattersall 34kg £133 A Atkinson

2^nd ML Evans 44kg £150 N Dalby

3^rd JA Stoney 40kg £142 Brosters Farm Shop

Spring Lambs – Overall Average £136.82 per head or 312.5p/kg           

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 442.1p/kg         av 314.8p/kg         or £130.09 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 325.5p/kg         av 304.7p/kg         or £145.95 per head

Suffolk average £141.13 per head or 312.6p/kg

£ per head: £156 £140 J&F Nutter; £153 £152 £150x2 ML Evans; £138 R&DA Earnshaw; £137 A&P Fletcher;

p/kg: 340.9p 325.5p 306.1p ML Evans; 326.8p 297.9p J&F Nutter; 320.9p R&DA Earnshaw; 297.8p A&P Fletcher;

Texel average £130.5 per head or 311.3p/kg

£ per head: £168 £152 £150 £149 PA&NS Tattersall; £150 TA Robinson; £143 £142x2 J&A Stoney;

p/kg: 442.1 391.2p 384.6p 363.4p 361.9p 348.8p PA&NS Tattersall; 380.0p348.8p 343.6p JA Stoney & Son;

Charollais average £139.3 per head or 311.7p/kg

£ per head: £154 £146 £106 DN Smith; £137 A&P Fletcher;

p/kg: 331.8p 302.0p 294.4p DN Smith; 318.6p A&P Fletcher;

Beltex average £131 per head or 348.4p/kg

£ per head: £137 £114 RJ Lambert;

p/kg: 351.3p 345.5p RJ Lambert;

Old Season Lambs – Overall Average £ per head or 247.0p/kg              

32.1kg to 35.9kg to 254.4p/kg         av 230.8p/kg         or £77.55 per head

36.0kg to 45.5kg to 332.6p/kg         av 243.5p/kg         or £99.43 per head

45.6kg to 52.0kg to 308.0p/kg         av 259.6p/kg         or £124.66 per head

52.1kg and over   to 285.2p/kg         av 236.4p/kg         or £142.33 per head

Beltex average £108 per head or 262.0p/kg

£ per head: £154 £146 £143 £137 H Raw; £138 RJ Bailes Ltd; £136 TA Robinson; £134 Banks Farms;

p/kg: 324.4 285.2p H Raw; 323.8p TA Robinson; 293.6p RJ Bailes Ltd; 285.1p Bents Farm;

Suffolk average £114.87 per head or 247.5p/kg

£ per head: £168 A Gill & Son; £136, £133, £132 GW Thackray; £130 JL North; £128, £125 PL Metcalfe; 

p/kg: 266.7p A Gill & Son; 261.2p, 260.4p PL Metcalfe; 252.1p S Wilson; 247.8p S Dorey; 247.5p 243.2p B&J Sutcliffe;

Texel average £112.72 per head or 256.3p/kg

£ per head: £159 £153 EM&JM Hutchinson; £156 R Emmott; £152 MP Jennings; £150 TA Robinson;

p/kg: 332.6p J Baines; 312.5p 309.5p TA Robinson; 305.5p 302.1px2 EP&JM Hutchinson;

Mule average £105.84 per head or 227.2p/kg

£ per head: £128 £121 GW Thackray; £120 PL Metcalfe; £119 S Dorey; £116 J Pickles; £116 C Nelson; £116 Fair Place Farm;

p/kg: 248.9p 238.0p S Dorey; 242.6p 236.7p J Pickles; 236.9p JR Lancaster; 235.9p H Raw; 233.3p J&R Driver; 232.0p C Nelson;

Charollais average £111.23 per head or 235.7p/kg

£ per head: £136 £125 GW Thackray; £97 TA Robinson; £89 Stocks Enterprises;

p/kg: 248.7p TA Robinson; 234.2p Stocks Enterprises; 226.7p 219.3p GW Thackray;

Swaledale average £85.26 per head or 213.6p/kg

£ per head: £117 C Nelson; £103 £96 PL Metcalfe; £99 B Dibb; £97 FC N&M Walker; £94 J Pickles;

p/kg: 227.0p 225.0p 224.3p B&J Sutcliffe; 224.3.p J Pickles; 223.3p PL Metcalfe; 219.4p H&M Plews;

SBF average £94.56 per head or 232.2p/kg

£ per head: £118 £109 £104 £91 J&E Slater; £78 H Raw;

p/kg: 262.2p 242.2p 233.3p 221.3p J&E Slater; 229.4p H Raw;

Lonk average £103 per head or 231.5p/kg

£ per head: £130 S Dorey; £105 £102x2 B Dibb;

p/kg: 254.9 S Dorey; 231.8p 231.8p 228.3p B Dibb;

Cheviot average £96.78 per head or 244.2p/kg

£ per head: £130 £115 GW Thackray; 122 £115 A Gill & Son; £100 BF Blezard;

 p/kg: 265.3 GW Thackray; £252.3p J Lord; 249.0p A Gill & Son; 238.1p BF Blezard;

Suffolk to £119.5, Texel to £128.5, BFL to £119.5, Mule to £111.5, Lleyn to £94.5, Swaledale to £69.5, Gritstone to £54.5, Cheviot to £54.5, Beltex  to £92.5, Lonk  to £56.5.

Top prices:

Lowland: £128.5 M Crabtree; £127.5 M Perrings

Mule/Masham: £111.5 MB Allen; £102.5 AL Dean & Son

Horned: £84.50 SW&JE Ryder; £69.5 FC N&M Walker;

Hill: £94.50 CD&RF Kitching; £81.5 RG&SJ Paul 

Cast Rams average £93.79

Suffolk to £115.5, Texel to £122.5, Charollais to £119.5.

2,899 Breeding Sheep comp 1059 Geld Gimmer Hoggs and 747 Outfits Breeding Sheep with 1093 lambs at foot

A very busy day today for our Annual May Day Prize Sale of Breeding Sheep with nearly 3,000 head penned for sale.
The Geld Gimmer Hoggs sold first and this years entry was very mixed for quality, and trade was reasonably for the best end, but just steady for the next grade, with fat price looking a back up option for anything that was not at the top of its game.

However, the hoggs with lambs at foot were a firm trade all sale long, Texels £200 - £250. John & George Stapleton, Skibeden topping the sale with their first prize pen at £260, with a 2^nd pen at the same money. Best Mules either side of £200, to a top of £230 from Raymond and Robert Johnson, some more commercial types of hoggs with lambs £160 - £180.

Another good show of sheep for next week, expecting approximately 500 outfits, entries to the mart office by Friday 12noon.

Rearing Calves to £470 (45)

B&W av £98.33 Cont av £354.15

Skipton Calf show was on today with certainly not the biggest turnout of calves but what a cracking trade for the calves that arrived. Pre Sale show was kindly judged by Mark Burton and chose the cracking calf of Sowray Bros as his champion and a belter of a limousin from David and Richard Pickersgill of Hawksworth as Reserve Champion. With only 45 calves arriving it meant that all the competition was focused on the calves on offer. With a lot of 4-6 week calves on show today the prices look very strong with Champion Calf eventually falling to Nigel Mason of Crowle for £470. Reserve Champion, a tremendous Limousin from the Pickersgill Bros out of one of their fleshy Friesian cows again sold to Mr Mason for £450.  Best of the heifers came from JR&MJ Moon of Wigglesworth with a big strong blue heifer reaching £390 and heading home to Dacre with Stephen and Malcolm Abbott. A nice run of limousin calves from Craig Stephenson of Kirkby Lonsdale saw a cracking trade especially with his young sweet heifers averaging £325 at 3-4 weeks of age.

Bull Calves

Limousin x (Av £310.83) to £450 G Pickersgill & Sons                               

Brit Blue x (Av £371.15) to £470 A Sowray & Son                       

Hereford X (Av £120) to £120 EJ Fort

Black & White (Av £98.33) to £120 EJ Fort                   

Heifer Calves

British Blue (Av £325) to £370 GCL Stephenson

Lim (Av £338.89) to £390 JR&MJ Moon